Lighting Tips For Your Houseplants

To better help your plants thrive indoors conduct a simple test to determine the light intensity in your home. By holding your hand 12 inches in front of a piece of paper; if there is a definite shadow the light is high. If there is a fuzzy shadow, the light level is medium or moderate. And last if there is a faint or no shadow at all, the level is low.

However keep in mind, light levels decrease rapidly as plants are placed away from windows. Houseplants with variegated leaves need more light than plants with plain green leaves. The amount of light that comes in through a window changes with the seasons. You may need to move some plants away from the strong sunlight that pours in through south-facing windows in the summer. So before you position your houseplants, conduct this test at home. It is THAT simple!